Taku Smokeries

Taku Smokeries

In 1984, Taku Smokeries became a reality for its founder, Sandro Lane.
Working from the garage that he converted into a bona fide food
processing plant with a small loan from his mother, he perfected a method for
smoking quality Alaskan salmon. In 1986, with a loan from the US Small Business
Administration, the company expanded into a larger warehouse in an industrial
park and in 1992, the company moved into a downtown Juneau waterfront location.
With the move on to the waterfront, Taku Fisheries, Taku Smokeries' sister
company, was created.

Cold-Smoked Sockeye Salmon
Cold-Smoked products are mild-cured and lightly smoked. Developed in Europe and refined by Taku Smokeries, this is the Old World method of preserving Salmon. more info »

Salmon Caviar
Salmon Caviar is made from fresh Chum (Keta) Salmon, the most highly prized of the five Pacific salmon species for its roe. more info »

Today Taku Smokeries occupies over three acres of waterfront property in
downtown Juneau with over 40,000 square feet of warehouse which not only houses
Taku Smokeries, and Taku Fisheries but also a Visitors Information Center and
Marketplace.

Each year, Taku Fisheries purchases and processes over six million pounds of
fish from local Alaskan fishermen. Although the bulk of Taku Fisheries'
production flows into domestic and foreign wholesale markets, Taku Smokeries is
able to select the best quality fresh fish from the catch for its own smokehouse
and Mail Order needs.

Taku is a bona fide licensed, insured, and bonded Alaskan seafood
processing company. We operate under the Federal Food and Drug Administration's
HACCP guidelines, the State of Alaska's Environmental Health Departments
regulations and inspections, as well as our own company quality and sanitation
standards, the most stringent of all.

Salmon Can Labels: Canned History
First there were rugged mountains and silvery fish. Then came the beaver, the Mountie, and the native chief on horseback. During the war, fish came back — this time shaped like torpedoes — and warships replaced the mountainous backdrop. Peacetime brought rosy-cheeked housewives and smiling men proudly displaying their catch.